South America

Seven hundred port workers at the Brazilian port of Paranaguá and Antonina have received a pay adjustment of approximately 27%. Their salaries have been effectively frozen since 2009.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has criticised the lack of investment in Latin American ports, warning that existing infrastructure is inadequate to absorb increasing export potential from…

Brazil is planning to build four new ports at Manaus, at Sul in Bahia state, in Espírito Santo state - where a deepwater port is planned - and a new multipurpose terminal…

As a means of expanding volumes, while at the same time reducing costs, the Brazilian port of Rio Grande is to sign cooperation agreements with terminals in Montevideo and Buenos Aires.

The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications has confirmed that DP World is taking legal action for alleged unfair competition linked to the North Terminal concession at its port of Callao.

Santos port authority, Codesp, and representatives from the governing body of Brazilian ports, Antaq, recently came together as part of a working group to look into ways of re-modelling Santos to enable…

The government of Uruguay has decided not to go ahead with a second container terminal at the port of Montevideo. The tender for the facility was cancelled a year ago and in…

The Mexican port of Mazatlán has issued a tender for a multipurpose terminal as a means of boosting throughput at the port, which fell by 6.2% in the first four months of…